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Information Governance Catalog roles

IBM® InfoSphere® Information Governance Catalog security roles give users varying levels of
authority to perform tasks. Security roles determine what types of catalog content a user can
access and what kinds of changes a user can make to the catalog. The IBM InfoSphere
Information Server suite administrator assigns security roles to users.

You assign security roles from the IBM InfoSphere Information Server web console.

Elements of the user interface are displayed to users who have authorization to do the tasks
provided by the interface. For example, only Information Governance Catalog Glossary
Administrators can see the Administration tab in the user interface.

The following security roles are described in more detail:

Information Governance Catalog Glossary Basic User

Information Governance Catalog User

Information Governance Catalog Glossary Author

Information Governance Catalog Glossary Administrator

Information Governance Catalog Information Asset Author

Information Governance Catalog Information Asset Administrator

Information Governance Catalog Information Asset Assigner

Information Governance Catalog Glossary Basic User

Users with the Information Governance Catalog Glossary Basic User role can view the terms,
categories, and stewards in the glossary, but information about other types of catalog assets is
not available to them. Users with the Information Governance Catalog Glossary Basic User role
cannot view information governance policies or information governance rules.

By excluding access to other types of assets, users who do not need to know about the
relationship of terms and categories to other assets are not presented with unnecessary
information. For example, the assets that are assigned to terms are not shown in the display of
term details to users with the Information Governance Catalog Glossary Basic User role. In
addition, when users with this role search for assets, they can search only for terms and
categories, and not other kinds of assets. Finally, some views that are available to other user
roles are not available. For example, Information Governance Catalog Glossary Basic User
cannot view the data source tree or run business lineage reports.

Information Governance Catalog Glossary Basic Users cannot be assigned to any workflow
roles.

The Information Governance Catalog Glossary Basic User role is the least privileged role for
glossary assets.

Information Governance Catalog User

Users with the Information Governance Catalog User role can view terms, categories,
information governance policies, information governance rules, and stewards in the glossary,
including details of the assets that are assigned to terms and information governance rules.

If workflow is enabled, a user with the Information Governance Catalog User security role can
be assigned the Reviewer or Approver workflow roles.

Information Governance Catalog Glossary Author

Users with the Information Governance Catalog Glossary Author role can create and edit
glossary assets. This role is often assigned to users who will be assigned as stewards.
If workflow is enabled, a user with the Information Governance Catalog Glossary Author
security role can be assigned the Editor, Reviewer, Approver, or Publisher workflow roles.

Information Governance Catalog Glossary Administrator

The Information Governance Catalog Glossary Administrator role is the most privileged role.
Users with the Information Governance Catalog Glossary Administrator role can set up and
administer the glossary so that other users can find and analyze the information they need.
Most administrative tasks can be accessed from the Administration tab.

Information Governance Catalog Information Asset

Author
Users with this security role can work with queries, browse and search information assets,
make assignments to information assets, and run lineage reports.

Information Governance Catalog Information Asset

Administrator
Users with the Information Governance Catalog Information Asset Administrator must be
familiar with the enterprise metadata and metadata that is imported into the catalog. The
administrator must also be familiar with the metadata that is used in jobs.

Information Governance Catalog Information Asset

Assigner
The Information Governance Catalog Information Asset Assigner is a security role that is
designed for users of other products within the InfoSphere Information Server suite. Some of
these products include features that enable users to interact with glossary content directly
from the other product, without requiring the user to log in to InfoSphere Information
Governance Catalog. If users of such a product are assigned the Information Governance
Catalog Information Asset Assigner role, they can assign assets to terms from within the
interface of the other product. For example, users of IBM InfoSphere Information Analyzer can
assign assets to terms and categories. As another example, users with this security role can
work with IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog for Eclipse.

In addition to the ability to assign assets users with the Information Governance Catalog
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